With a pair of games on Sunday night, there’s a chance we see someone sent home for the summer.

The Pittsburgh Penguins are in New York City to face the Rangers in Game 6 and they’re hoping to do what they couldn’t in Game 5: Close out the series. To do that they’ll need a much better effort, but the Rangers are feeling good after getting the power play monkey off their back on Friday.

In Chicago, the Blackhawks are hoping to again defend home ice. After dropping both games at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, they’re hoping a return to United Center sees a return to better play. The Wild are hoping they found the key to beating the ‘Hawks in Games 3 and 4.

The Rangers are feeling good after exploding for five goals in Game 5, two on the power play. Their play all playoffs long has been so bad with the man-advantage that beating Marc-Andre Fleury twice could be the kind of thing that snaps the Rangers out of the fog they’ve been in during the playoffs.

Oddly enough, the Penguins don’t need answers for Rick Nash or Martin St. Louis, but they have to find a way to keep Derick Brassard and Benoit Pouliot in check.

The Rangers’ third line was a menace for Pittsburgh again in Game 5 and they’ve had great opportunities all series. That puts the pressure on the Pens’ depth defenders as well as the third and fourth line. Guys like Rob Scuderi and Robert Bortuzzo could have their hands full with other assignments.

Pittsburgh will need more than Evgeni Malkin to show up in Game 6. Malkin’s great play in the Game 5 loss got lost in the shuffle. He’s been excellent in this round.

The Blackhawks may not have expected to be in a tied series in Game 5, but now they know they’re in a battle. The Wild’s strong play in Games 3 and 4 showed that they weren’t going to roll over for the defending champions.

One thing that has to get better for both teams is the goaltending. It hasn’t been a dire issue for Chicago or Minnesota, but after the defensive battle the two sides put into Game 3, seeing things go sideways in Game 4 for both Ilya Bryzgalov and Corey Crawford was a jarring site.

Expect to see Chicago’s star players have better games on home ice. Jonathan Toews, Marian Hossa, and Patrick Kane were all big in wins in Games 1 and 2. For the Wild, they’re hoping they’ve got things headed in the right direction for Zach Parise and Jason Pominville who were big factors in the past two games.

Nathan MacKinnon, Colorado Avalanche: MacKinnon’s MVP campaign got a serious boost on Sunday, as he picked up two goals and an assist in a win over the Detroit Red Wings. The Avs forward is now riding a 12-game point streak. He better start making room on a shelf for a Hart Trophy.

William Karlsson, Vegas Golden Knights: Karlsson continues to be one of the biggest surprises of the 2017-18 season. His natural hat trick against the Flames puts him at 39 goals on the season. Who would’ve thought that we’d be talking about him as a 40-goal scorer?

Nikita Kucherov, Tampa Bay Lightning: Even though MacKinnon is rolling right now, Kucherov won’t go away quietly in the race for the MVP crown. The Lightning forward picked up two goals in Sunday’s win over the Oilers. Kucherov has 36 goals and 93 points in 70 games this season.

Alex DeBrincat, Chicago Blackhawks: DeBrincat scored his third hat trick of the season in a losing effort. The rookie has 25 goals and 45 points in 73 games this season. He has a chance to score 30 this year.

Alex Pietrangelo and Vincent Dunn, St. Louis Blues: The Blues came away with a huge comeback win over the Chicago Blackhawks. Patrik Berglund scored the game-winner in overtime, but Pietrangelo and Dunn each had four points in the victory.

Patrik Laine, Winnipeg Jets: Laine has been a scoring machine of late. He found the back of the net twice in Sunday’s win over the Dallas Stars. He’s now scored 43 goals in 72 games this season. Laine’s picked up at least one point in 15 consecutive games.

The St. Louis Blues and Chicago Blackhawks have played games with more significance, but that didn’t take away from the excitement of St. Louis’ 5-4 win in overtime.

‘Hawks forward Alex DeBrincat opened the game with two first-period goals before the Blues managed to tie the game in the second frame thanks to a pair of power-play tallies by Alexander Steen and Vincent Dunn, who also assisted on Steen’s marker.

The Blues thought they went ahead late in the second, but this goal was called back:

Chicago went up 3-2 heading into the second intermission after David Kampf put them back ahead.

Dunn collected his third point of the night when Vladimir Sobotka scored the equalizer at the 15:24 mark of the third period, but again, DeBrincat scored just over one minute later.

Alex Pietrangelo, who assisted on St. Louis’ first two goals, managed to tie the game with 18:38 remaining in the third period to force overtime. Dunn registered an assist on the game-tying marker to give him four points on the night.

Pietrangelo then helped set up Patrik Berglund‘s game, so he also finished the game with four points when it was all said and done.

Here’s the OT winner:

Despite being sellers at the deadline, the Blues now find themselves just one point behind Anaheim for the final Wild Card spot in the Western Conference. St. Louis has four more regulation/overtime wins than the Ducks, which could be key down the stretch.

After missing five games with a lower-body injury, Ben Bishop made his return to the Stars lineup on Friday night against Ottawa. Unfortunately for Bishop, he seems to have run into some more injury trouble tonight.

The veteran netminder was hurt after he made a fantastic glove save on Jets forward Bryan Little on Sunday night. The Stars Twitter account already confirmed that he suffered a lower-body injury and that he wouldn’t be returning to the game.

The Boston Bruins have a plethora of young players coming through the pipeline, including Ryan Donato who they signed to a two-year, entry-level contract on Sunday night.

The Bruins drafted Donato in the second round of the 2014 NHL Entry Draft. The 21-year-old spent each of the last two seasons at Harvard. In 2017-18, he finished the year with 26 goals and 17 assists in 29 games with the Crimson.

Donato also represented the United States at this 2018 Olympic Games, where he had had five goals (tied for the tournament lead) in five games.

The team has already announced that he’ll join them right away. He’s eligible to suit up in tomorrow’s game.

“It came together in pretty short order,” GM Don Sweeney said, per the Bruins’ Twitter account. “We had always been committed to providing the opportunity to Ryan if and when he decided to leave school…I think it was an opportunity on both sides to explore with Ryan and see where he’s at.

“He’s a kid that’s got a confidence about himself, a talent level, and he’s got some details he’s gonna have to work on – all young players do. But he’s a player that has hard skill. We’re looking forward to having him…get immersed and get a taste.”